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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: squirrelywrath1 on May 13, 2014, 09:07:38 PM
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1) Wrist supports. These should only used as a training aid and not allowed in sanctioned competition. Unfair to those who actually have strong wrists and hands.
2) High tech bowling shoes. Unfair to those who can't afford them.
3) The use of throwing a reverse hook. (Backup ball) Unfair that these people have the option to use the other side of the lane if they choose. (Like Robert Smith when he won the Japan Cup.)
4) Excessive ball speed. Everyone should roll the ball at 25 mph or less. (Not everyone is a freak of nature fireballer like Eugene McCune). Those of us that roll at a 'normal' speed are at a disadvantage.
5) Any ball that thumps over the thumbhole on spare shots should be declared illegal. Not everyone can roll the ball end over end and not miss a single-pin spare in over two seasons like Walter Ray.
6) Any backswing that goes over the bowlers head should be declared illegal. Most of us would dislocate our shoulders trying that.
So, everyone should use their thumb, wear house shoes, and gently stroke the ball up the 2nd arrow. Have fun!
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I see what you did here, funny.
Let me add, and I am being serious. In order of which it grinds my gears, here we go:
1) White Belts, I have no idea who started this crap but his trend is so ridiculous, its sickening. When I find the person responsible for this I promise to strangle them with their white belt.
2) Bowling with a towel hanging from your back pocket, you look like a damn hillbilly, take the towel out of your back pocket.
3) 4 ball rollers and even worse the ultra dorky 6 ball roller. These albatrosses are flat out gross and an eyesore. Not only that, they take up too much space on the concourse, did I mention they are super dorky?
4)Walking out shots in practice, do I need to explain this?
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"Stacked Leverage" drillings.
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"Stacked Leverage" drillings.
I honestly thought this died in '04. Yet, I come on this site and read "I drilled my Hyper Cell stacked leverage, I bowl on wood lanes, its goes long and flips hard". Sure buddy.
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"Stacked Leverage" drillings.
I honestly thought this died in '04. Yet, I come on this site and read "I drilled my Hyper Cell stacked leverage, I bowl on wood lanes, its goes long and flips hard". Sure buddy.
About 75% of balls I see on the for sale forum, eBay, and Facebook groups are drilled stacked. No wonder you're selling it after 2 games.
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"Stacked Leverage" drillings.
I honestly thought this died in '04. Yet, I come on this site and read "I drilled my Hyper Cell stacked leverage, I bowl on wood lanes, its goes long and flips hard". Sure buddy.
About 75% of balls I see on the for sale forum, eBay, and Facebook groups are drilled stacked. No wonder you're selling it after 2 games.
Is that the fault of the bowler or the ball driller?
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1) Wrist supports. These should only used as a training aid and not allowed in sanctioned competition. Unfair to those who actually have strong wrists and hands.
2) High tech bowling shoes. Unfair to those who can't afford them.
3) The use of throwing a reverse hook. (Backup ball) Unfair that these people have the option to use the other side of the lane if they choose. (Like Robert Smith when he won the Japan Cup.)
4) Excessive ball speed. Everyone should roll the ball at 25 mph or less. (Not everyone is a freak of nature fireballer like Eugene McCune). Those of us that roll at a 'normal' speed are at a disadvantage.
5) Any ball that thumps over the thumbhole on spare shots should be declared illegal. Not everyone can roll the ball end over end and not miss a single-pin spare in over two seasons like Walter Ray.
6) Any backswing that goes over the bowlers head should be declared illegal. Most of us would dislocate our shoulders trying that.
So, everyone should use their thumb, wear house shoes, and gently stroke the ball up the 2nd arrow. Have fun!
Are you serious or delirious?
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Short of banning the white belt, if you wear one the first number of your pant size should be smaller than the second number.
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1) Wrist supports. These should only used as a training aid and not allowed in sanctioned competition. Unfair to those who actually have strong wrists and hands.
2) High tech bowling shoes. Unfair to those who can't afford them.
3) The use of throwing a reverse hook. (Backup ball) Unfair that these people have the option to use the other side of the lane if they choose. (Like Robert Smith when he won the Japan Cup.)
4) Excessive ball speed. Everyone should roll the ball at 25 mph or less. (Not everyone is a freak of nature fireballer like Eugene McCune). Those of us that roll at a 'normal' speed are at a disadvantage.
5) Any ball that thumps over the thumbhole on spare shots should be declared illegal. Not everyone can roll the ball end over end and not miss a single-pin spare in over two seasons like Walter Ray.
6) Any backswing that goes over the bowlers head should be declared illegal. Most of us would dislocate our shoulders trying that.
So, everyone should use their thumb, wear house shoes, and gently stroke the ball up the 2nd arrow. Have fun!
Are you serious or delirious?
Delirious? Yep.
Just trying to be funny here. If the governing body ultimately decides to ban no-thumbers & two-handers.... might as well ban everything else that's a little out of the ordinary.
What really bugs me is that I've seen no-thumbers and two-handers since the late 80's, so the technique has been around awhile. But only recently has some guys been successful with it at our highest levels. I believe that if Belmo wasn't kicking butt on tour right now, no one would really give a rip about it.
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Calling something a negative pin makes me want to put you on a spit and shove a rosin bag in your mouth. The term "drilled straight up" too. Guys that are on staff and still say they drilled something 1/2 side 1/2 finger.
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I so absolutely love this post!
As I love two handed bowling!
I love high Backswings, Pete Weber!
I love stacked leverage and revs leverage drillings!
I love finger thumb and side weights. More coming from the USBC on this shortly!
I want 2nd tier shoes in wide!
I like to play deeper than the second arrow(lefty).
I love to use a wrist brace!
Best post ever, yes I did get the sarcasm.
Regards,
Luckylefty
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Finger inserts and interchangeable thumbs need to be on the list, even though I use both! Bowling balls that don't have a pancake weight block needs to be banned, as does the reactive coverstocks. Let's not stop here, let's go back to how it was done in the early days and you can only use one finger hole and a thumb hole. Let's not allow the high tech lane machines and go back to bug sprayers or the old style lane machines. How many guys have bowled in centers that used a bug sprayer?
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Just ban the USBC. It's time for something new. We need someone to grow the sport and not just piss on the members and tell us it's raining.
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funny post :D
if this isn't funny to you, especially (real men don't wear) "white belts" and this post....you're old and maybe take bowling way too serious.
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I can see it now!
New post: Splinters from my thumb hole. Way to fix?
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One good thing would happen if we banned everything mentioned in this post,
I know I would save a lot of $$$$ :P :P :P
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Ban rosin bags too.
It isnt fair that this guy with dry hands should have the same quality of grip as the guy that sweats alot, you should be a man and just bowl with the hands you have.
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What about those fancy Underground ball returns? It's like cheating.
Also, these kids don't even have the mental fatigue of keeping their own score anymore. That explains the increased scoring.
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Also, these kids don't even have the mental fatigue of keeping their own score anymore. That explains the increased scoring.
That's how I earned money for pacman and space invaders when an adult asked me to keep score for them. They didn't trust each other I guess lol.....Boy that lamp was hot!!!
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Also, these kids don't even have the mental fatigue of keeping their own score anymore. That explains the increased scoring.
That's how I earned money for pacman and space invaders when an adult asked me to keep score for them. They didn't trust each other I guess lol.....Boy that lamp was hot!!!
But on the bright side (pun intended), there are no more wax pencil tips laying around that make you fall on your face :).
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Are you serious or delirious?
Delirious? Yep.
Just trying to be funny here. If the governing body ultimately decides to ban no-thumbers & two-handers.... might as well ban everything else that's a little out of the ordinary.
What really bugs me is that I've seen no-thumbers and two-handers since the late 80's, so the technique has been around awhile. But only recently has some guys been successful with it at our highest levels. I believe that if Belmo wasn't kicking butt on tour right now, no one would really give a rip about it.
I had to ask because there are some real crazies here in NJ who have talked about banning many of the things you have mentioned.
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Also, these kids don't even have the mental fatigue of keeping their own score anymore. That explains the increased scoring.
That's how I earned money for pacman and space invaders when an adult asked me to keep score for them. They didn't trust each other I guess lol.....Boy that lamp was hot!!!
Damn, you just brought me back to my youth. Did the same thing throughout my mother's league when she bowled. Although for me, I'd have to skip a week of keeping score because back then, if you were good at the game, a quarter could last you the entire night! Definitely not good on a school night for a 7 or 8 year old.
Anywho, back on topic.
Ban multiple balls. If you can't handle it with one ball for strikes and spares, you got a problem. Suck it up and figure out how to work with your ball instead of balling down or switching to plastic for spares.
BL.
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Also, these kids don't even have the mental fatigue of keeping their own score anymore. That explains the increased scoring.
That's how I earned money for pacman and space invaders when an adult asked me to keep score for them. They didn't trust each other I guess lol.....Boy that lamp was hot!!!
But on the bright side (pun intended), there are no more wax pencil tips laying around that make you fall on your face :).
Or, no more wax pencils in your pants after doing the laundry..
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I say get rid of those damn tables and chairs in the bowling area. If you can stand up and bowl, you can stand up while waiting to bowl.
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Hell just get rid of the pin setters.
Then we can go back to using the pin boys. Look we can even help with the unemployment problem, job growth.
Bowling doing its part.
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Also, these kids don't even have the mental fatigue of keeping their own score anymore. That explains the increased scoring.
That's how I earned money for pacman and space invaders when an adult asked me to keep score for them. They didn't trust each other I guess lol.....Boy that lamp was hot!!!
But on the bright side (pun intended), there are no more wax pencil tips laying around that make you fall on your face :).
Or if you're left handed, trying to write on the score sheet with the yellow pencils made it interesting sometimes as you would smudge the score sheet trying to write the scores down!
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Ban left handers! They're cheaters anyways!
*ducks*
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You know what should be banned??? Bumpers! Bumpers are the sole reason for snobby kids to become entitled to everything- even non bowlers.
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Let's just ban reactive, particle, and urethane equipment and only use plastic and rubber.
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Miss Rose Marie of the old Hollywood Squares fame would love this, as I understand it, she loved to score the pin boys... :P "Beware Ralphie, she's looking for you"! ;D
{Quote} "Then we can go back to using the pin boys." {Unquote}
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Ban Steeler's shirts, Wolverine colors and Yankee jerseys from all my leagues also....and beer.
Cav
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Ban automatic pin setters. Trust a pin boy to get the pins on spot, plus you'll be helping to create jobs! ;D ;D ;D
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We should also ban new skin, and easy slide
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I forgot interchangealbe shoe slides
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Hey, no bringing beer into this!
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Ban outside bowling balls. There are plenty to choose from already on the ball racks. And shoes, the house has shoes you can rent. Think of all the extra space you would have without all the non-sense of the ball bags everywhere.
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First, I love me some females....
But, I don't think they should be allowed during a tourney right next to the men wearing white yoga like pants with the little animal from the Arabian desert pop'n out. also, I never saw an Asian chick with a butt like hers.. She made the late Tony Reyes look from several pairs down. It's all tenpinspro and bowl400 for allowing this lol.....at least one guy on our pair shot a 300...
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1) Wrist supports. These should only used as a training aid and not allowed in sanctioned competition. Unfair to those who actually have strong wrists and hands.
2) High tech bowling shoes. Unfair to those who can't afford them.
3) The use of throwing a reverse hook. (Backup ball) Unfair that these people have the option to use the other side of the lane if they choose. (Like Robert Smith when he won the Japan Cup.)
4) Excessive ball speed. Everyone should roll the ball at 25 mph or less. (Not everyone is a freak of nature fireballer like Eugene McCune). Those of us that roll at a 'normal' speed are at a disadvantage.
5) Any ball that thumps over the thumbhole on spare shots should be declared illegal. Not everyone can roll the ball end over end and not miss a single-pin spare in over two seasons like Walter Ray.
6) Any backswing that goes over the bowlers head should be declared illegal. Most of us would dislocate our shoulders trying that.
So, everyone should use their thumb, wear house shoes, and gently stroke the ball up the 2nd arrow. Have fun!
so ban anyone who is more talented than you? i cant do some of those but that doesnt mean ban them just means they can do them and you cant.
so i guess we should ban anyone who can throw strikes cuz you cant right lol
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2) Bowling with a towel hanging from your back pocket, you look like a damn hillbilly, take the towel out of your back pocket.
I haven't seen this in a long time. It used be a common sight at my local center 12 years ago. I liked seeing bowlers who had the long towels. It would hang down to the back of their knee.
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This thread is funny and not meant to be serious. Are you? Even with your "lol" I have to wonder. It's all in good fun and meant to bring a smile forth. Happy thoughts!
{quote} so ban anyone who is more talented than you? i cant do some of those but that doesnt mean ban them just means they can do them and you cant.
so i guess we should ban anyone who can throw strikes cuz you cant right lol {unquote}
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I heard the next thing to address is the approach. Anything more than 4 steps will be deemed illegal by fall of 2016.
If you do take more than 4 steps, you aren't allowed a balance hole.
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First, I love me some females....
But, I don't think they should be allowed during a tourney right next to the men wearing white yoga like pants with the little animal from the Arabian desert pop'n out. also, I never saw an Asian chick with a butt like hers.. She made the late Tony Reyes look from several pairs down. It's all tenpinspro and bowl400 for allowing this lol.....at least one guy on our pair shot a 300...
Oh dear God... this one cracks me up. I have to agree, pretty ladies walking around are a definite distraction for me when I'm bowling.
Years ago I actually tripped over someone's street shoes because I was too busy watching a young Brenda Edwards "wiggle" her way to the foul line. (Brenda Edwards is a former Team USA member)
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First, I love me some females....
But, I don't think they should be allowed during a tourney right next to the men wearing white yoga like pants with the little animal from the Arabian desert pop'n out. also, I never saw an Asian chick with a butt like hers.. She made the late Tony Reyes look from several pairs down. It's all tenpinspro and bowl400 for allowing this lol.....at least one guy on our pair shot a 300...
Oh dear God... this one cracks me up. I have to agree, pretty ladies walking around are a definite distraction for me when I'm bowling.
Years ago I actually tripped over someone's street shoes because I was too busy watching a young Brenda Edwards "wiggle" her way to the foul line. (Brenda Edwards is a former Team USA member)
several years ago I bowled in a summer fun league and there was this 5'2" D cup beauty that bowled (newbie) and she got like a 3 lane courtesy every time she went up. And when she wore low cut shirts, we loved it when she spared and carried. that was a double HIGH 5 right there!!! but, just like any other co-ed league, drama happened and she banned herself never to return to our summer league...
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The sport needs some real athleticism. My 3-year-old son weighs 32 lbs and throws an 8 lbs ball. Therefore I suggest all bowlers must roll a ball weighing 25% of their clothed body weight.
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That's awesome. Weigh ins at league. I love it.
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The sport needs some real athleticism. My 3-year-old son weighs 32 lbs and throws an 8 lbs ball. Therefore I suggest all bowlers must roll a ball weighing 25% of their clothed body weight.
Now you're talking! Just imagine a 250-300 lb house hack come strolling in with his 6 ball roller! :o ;D
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Ban the baby Powder.... If your thumb sticks, too bad...
Ban knee braces... If your knee joints are that bad, just stay home.
Also, ban corrective eye wear... Unfair advantage to those that can see w/out it. Too bad if you can't see the target, let alone the pins...
:o ??? :-\ ::) 8) ;D
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This is funny things you bowlers say here. I get good laugh and think I understand some of it, but English not so good. I think someone play joke on me a couple few months ago when I asked question about bowling thing for my hand. He tell me great thing is something called like Jorge Grip Glove. But, me not find where to buy. So, I think if something so hard to find, we should stop use of this glove also. Funny? Yes?
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Let's just ban reactive, particle, and urethane equipment and only use plastic and rubber.
Ban plastic and rubber and 3 holes. None of this new fangled crap.
Do it like God intended. Balls should be made of Lignum Vitae and should have ony 2 holes, no more, no less.
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Let's just ban reactive, particle, and urethane equipment and only use plastic and rubber.
Ban plastic and rubber and 3 holes. None of this new fangled crap.
Do it like God intended. Balls should be made of Lignum Vitae and should have ony 2 holes, no more, no less.
Well, why stop there? Ban all holes in balls - then we will all be two-handers. 8^)
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1) Ban synthetic lanes. God never meant for us to bowl on counter tops.
2) Ban "exotic" weight blocks. Nothing but pancake cores allowed.
2b) Ban pin out balls. Anything over 1 inch away from CG is considered out.
3) Ban weight holes. Period, NO EXCEPTIONS!
4) BAN HANDICAP! PERIOD.
5) Ban synthetic coatings on pins.
6) Ban pins with interior voids.
7) Ban everyone who says Glen Allison's 900 shouldn't be sanctioned.
8.)Ban ANYONE who thinks a 300 on Wii is actually related to real bowling.
9) Ban lane conditioner. Oil? We don't need no stinking oil!
I had a few others, like ban the PBA, and ban the USBC, but those are about done anyway, so why ban them?